diff --git a/lib/features/item_viewer/view/library_item_page.dart b/lib/features/item_viewer/view/library_item_page.dart
index e7b9310..f297320 100644
--- a/lib/features/item_viewer/view/library_item_page.dart
+++ b/lib/features/item_viewer/view/library_item_page.dart
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import 'package:vaani/features/item_viewer/view/library_item_sliver_app_bar.dart
 import 'package:vaani/features/player/view/mini_player_bottom_padding.dart';
 import 'package:vaani/router/models/library_item_extras.dart';
 import 'package:vaani/shared/widgets/expandable_description.dart';
+import 'package:vaani/shared/utils/html_utils.dart';
 
 import 'library_item_actions.dart';
 import 'library_item_hero_section.dart';
@@ -149,9 +150,16 @@ class LibraryItemDescription extends HookConsumerWidget {
     if (item == null) {
       return const SizedBox();
     }
+
+    // Get description and strip HTML tags
+    final rawDescription = item.media.metadata.description;
+    final cleanDescription = rawDescription != null
+        ? HtmlUtils.stripHtml(rawDescription)
+        : 'Sorry, no description found';
+
     return ExpandableDescription(
       title: 'About the Book',
-      content: item.media.metadata.description ?? 'Sorry, no description found',
+      content: cleanDescription,
     );
   }
 }
diff --git a/lib/shared/utils/html_utils.dart b/lib/shared/utils/html_utils.dart
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..46160f8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/shared/utils/html_utils.dart
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+/// Utility functions for handling HTML content
+class HtmlUtils {
+  /// Strips HTML tags and decodes common HTML entities from a string
+  static String stripHtml(String htmlString) {
+    // Remove HTML tags
+    String text = htmlString.replaceAll(RegExp(r'<[^>]*>'), '');
+
+    // Decode common HTML entities
+    text = text
+        .replaceAll('&nbsp;', ' ')
+        .replaceAll('&amp;', '&')
+        .replaceAll('&lt;', '<')
+        .replaceAll('&gt;', '>')
+        .replaceAll('&quot;', '"')
+        .replaceAll('&#39;', "'")
+        .replaceAll('&apos;', "'");
+
+    // Replace multiple spaces with single space
+    text = text.replaceAll(RegExp(r'\s+'), ' ');
+
+    // Trim leading/trailing whitespace
+    text = text.trim();
+
+    return text;
+  }
+}